"Is this what a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist is? Too powerful."

Jiang Shang watched as two Great Hans moved through the players like Heavenly Gods descending to the mortal world, his eyes shining brightly, "Fire the arrows!"

He had chatted with Pu Dongyun before and asked in detail about the physical features of the three escorts. He recognized them instantly.

Although he didn't know why Black Tiger Peng Chun hadn't shown up, cutting off his left and right arms was definitely the right move!

Pfft, pfft!

The players' arrows fell like rain, without the slightest regard for hitting their own teammates.

And Chen Fei was about to curse his own mother.

They charged among the players, thinking that everyone mixed together would make those shooting the arrows think twice.

But they didn't expect that when players went crazy, killing their own was the norm!

Pfft!

'Star's Slight Light' hit the jackpot. Originally aiming for Guan Xing, the shot went astray and pierced through another player.

But Chen Fei was just about to kill that player and was nearby.

After the crossbow arrow, carrying tremendous force, pierced through the player, it also stabbed into his body. The sharp arrowhead tore through flesh and skin, and his health bar began to rapidly bleed out...

"Don't move!"

Guan Xing's eyes were bloodshot as he suddenly pounced, smashing Xie Biqi's head with a palm and using his capture techniques, grabbed the protected Jiang Shang, "Everyone, stop fighting!"

Actually, he was also nervous inside because it seemed like these people couldn't die.

So he wasn't thinking about killing Jiang Shang, just grabbing his neck, ready to make a trade.

If the other side didn't agree, he'd use this leader as a shield. There should be some effect!

However, the players only paused for a moment, then their eyes turned strange.

"Big brother, something seems off."

Chen Fei, clutching his wound, came next to Guan Xing, feeling a bit uneasy.

Then, he saw the white-haired one casually lighting a match and lifting his robe to ignite a fuse.

"What is this?"

Guan Xing then realized Jiang Shang was tied up with something strange, a pungent smell of sulfur hitting him in the face.

"The cool breeze is refreshing, the autumn moon is boundless, the moon is so round tonight, why must we fight and kill each other..."

Jiang Shang said sincerely, spouting nonsense, "Damn, I can't make this up any longer, 'Human Cannon' level one, ready!"

After he shouted, he spread his arms and desperately hugged Guan Xing.

"Damn it!"

"Bai Youyou, you're ruthless!"

The surrounding players quickly backed away, but it was already too late.

The next moment.

Boom!

An explosion of fire burst inside the stronghold, like thunder blasting.

Bricks, stones, and earth were thrown into the air, the air filled with a pungent smell.

Smoke swirled, and after a while, beams of white light refreshed, and the players stood up again, revived. 'Wan Donglin' stepped forward first, not caring about the horrific scene around him, shouting, "Where's the loot? Where's the loot?"

"Here... Ah, such a tragic death!"

"Look at this... so awesome, seems like he ran a distance in an instant just before the explosion, but it was still too short, and he died from the shock!"

'Star's Slight Light' squatted on the ground, stroking his chin, "I told you... The modern gunpowder formula we found online, plus strict control of proportions and trace amounts, the power is much stronger than the ancient original versions... Not to mention a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, even a sixth-grade one would get blasted all the same!"

'Ride or Die' excitedly shouted, "Awesome stuff, give me some too. What we players have the most of are lives; anyone dares to wager their life with us, we'll accompany them to the end."

"You cultivators, scram!"

'Xiaoye Wanling' rolled her eyes at Jiang Shang.

Jiang Shang was also somewhat puzzled as he looked over the bodies, "This tactic was originally prepared for that sixth-grade inner breath martial artist... According to Old Pu, such experts have highly developed kinesthetic senses and might sense something is wrong in a flash, running off into the distance. I was still a bit anxious, but I didn't expect only two seventh-grade martial artists to come... It's also because they were so cooperative; otherwise, achieving such a good result would have been difficult."

He had witnessed the ferocity of the seventh-grade martial artists. They were indeed immensely strong with 'Copper Skin Iron Bone', moved like agile cats, and could catch birds in flight.

If the other side had run off immediately as they threw the explosive packs, it really wouldn't have been much use.

Thankfully, they were after all people of ancient times with limited experience, and that's how they fell for the trap.

For this reason, Jiang Shang had even specially made a plan with himself as the bait.

"The situation has changed. We've only taken out two seventh-graders. The next step is to take Old Pu to Three Elements City, get in touch with the righteous forces of the 'Martial Arts', expose the dark secrets of the Black Tiger Escort Agency, and say that it's unnecessary to follow any 'Jianghu' rules when dealing with the scum of the 'Martial Arts'—we can gang up and beat them to death!"

As Jiang Shang spoke, he had someone invite Pu Dongyun over to discuss the plan, then he asked with a smile, "Mr. Pu, what do you think?"

"Was it really those two tigers?"

Seeing the bodies of his two enemies lying on the ground, grotesquely dead, Pu Dongyun couldn't help but widen his eyes...

The subsequent events unfolded quite smoothly.

The next morning, the players escorted Pu Dongyun back to Three Elements City, gathered their friends—no, I mean the upstanding personalities—to prepare a siege against the evil organization, the Black Tiger Escort Agency.

However, what they didn't expect was that without its leaders, the Black Tiger Escort Agency simply lay flat and passive, immediately on the back foot in the war of public opinion, and then was completely overthrown.

From start to finish, Black Tiger Peng Chun, the top expert of Three Elements City, never showed up.

Pu Dongyun didn't hold back, outright branding the other side with the stigma of fleeing from crime, looking to nail them forever so that his reappearance would be met with denouncement as an 'Evil Demon' to be hunted by everyone.

His daughter, a young girl with clear, kind eyes and a good figure, named 'Pu Feiling', was also found and brought back to reopen the Pu Family Martial Arts Hall in Three Elements City.

Pu Dongyun was very grateful to the players and kept his word, immediately declaring that the 'foreigners' of Woniuzhai could learn martial arts for free at his hall, and he gave a secret manual of 'Pu Family Boxing' to the foreign leader Jiang Shang.

...

Then, the player forum exploded again:

[Bai Youyou: What the heck, do we really have to start learning martial arts from the basic stances? Practicing horse stance for three hours a day with no experience points to gain, I feel drained (crying).]

[Zhan Xunzi: Seconding the post above! According to the master, it takes three years to enter the door, and five years to practice the art. I feel like it will take me ten years before I can master 'Pu Family Boxing' and become a ninth-grade martial artist seems like an eternity away...]

[Love Coke Cat: Crying along... A game that's too hardcore isn't good either.]

[Please call me Boss He: Has no one really noticed anything? I have only one piece of advice, practice your boxing well, there's great potential ahead (dog head emoji indicating "I know but I won't tell").]

[I am Just an Old Man with White Hair: Everyone, look at the official site, there's major news!]

...

At the same moment.

Xie Biqi in her bedroom performed a few boxing stances, feeling they were still quite ergonomic and had a taste of some ancient boxing traditions.

But that was about it.

Moreover, she planned to file a complaint with the game's review department, alleging that the game was overly violent.

The key issue was the bloodshed scenes were too graphic, causing discomfort.

What if someone gets too exhilarated from killing in the game and starts imitating it in real life?

Remember, the only difference is between zero times and countless times.

She opened the official website of 'Games of Otherworlds' and her pupils suddenly shrank.

[The second round of closed beta testing will grandly commence on July 1, releasing 200 internal testing slots chosen at random!]

[Release of the second-generation patch!]

[Fixed the bug of player resurrection on the spot, the resurrection point and the spawn point are now both set in 'Newbie Valley'!]

[A new professional NPC has been added to 'Newbie Valley'. Players can go there to learn skills, currently limited to the profession—Martial Artist!]

[More to come...]